Spike O'Sullivan: My best just wasn’t good enough

After witnessing his son record victory over Cork’s Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night, Chris Eubank Sr was in a typically talkative mood.

The former world champion showered his offspring with praise and with the showdown between O’Sullivan and Chris Eubank Jr coming some 20 years since senior’s loss to Steve Collins, the eloquent pugilist was asked whether he derived any sense of personal satisfaction from his son’s win.

O’Sullivan is, of course, trained by Paschal Collins, brother of Steve, and it was the trainer who made the call to halt the fight after seven rounds of a bout which had seen ‘Spike’ ship tremendous punishment while only sporadically posing Eubank Jr any real problems.